> a highly concentrated city as well, that few other places can rival If you mean population density, New York isn't even particularly competitive once you get

> a highly concentrated city as well, that few other places can rival If you mean population density, New York isn't even particularly competitive once you get out of the USA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_cities_by_population_density https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_cities_by_popula... I lived for 8 years in SF without once driving a car, so I'm not sure what the "car town" thing means in this case. And yes NYC is a global city but not more than LA is. Per the NYT, LA had 277 deaths per 100K and NYC had 435. Not sure what the argument is here.